29 May 2012

Curmudge and I moved into this place on
December 28, 2010. New Year's weekend the plumbing clogged (from
front to back eventually) and no one to make the problem 'go away'
over that weekend. Plumber came on Tuesday after the
holiday, unclogged the drains. He found the moving caps still
inserted into the 'drain system', I guess he poked holes in them. I
can't seem to remember what he told me, except that he felt
reasonably sure it wouldn't happen again. This unit was set less than
a month before we moved in, so I expected to have some issues in the
beginning, but not plumbing. A year has passed, and so has Curmudge,
and that bathroom has been unused for more than five months.

Two weeks ago, I found a new roommate
and he moved in. Another holiday weekend is upon us. Arrrrrrrrgh!
Come on, now, what is going on? That bathroom is clogged again! Huh?
What's up with this? Clogged? I'm frustrated! Call, call, and call,
and I've gotten no response from the management people who own this
unit... there's a pager number for maintenance emergencies... I'd
call this an emergency! Long 'holiday' weekend and the office is not
open, not unexpected, but there should be someone 'on call'...this is
not right!

I'm wondering now if the problem hasn't
persisted for the entire year and a half I've lived here, if Curmudge
just got tired of me harping for him to clean up his messes in there
and just didn't tell me. He wasn't well at the end.

This shouldn't be! Who is/was supposed
to be in charge this weekend for emergency maintenance issues with
tenants? And why wasn't the emergency pager answered? And you ask why
I didn't just call a plumber and pay for it 'out of pocket' and take
it off the rent? Simple answer, no cash flow to do that...caught
between a rock and hard place on the cash flow thing...

I'm kind of sour on the management
team, anyway. There are 'on going' issues with this unit and the
surrounding lot that have not been dealt with since Curmudge and I
moved in here originally. Every month, I ask about the things that
haven't been done in the last year and a half. It's an on going thing
with me and them..and each month I feel like I get 'lip service' (aka
excuses why or why they can't or haven't been able to take care of
something).

Move? I'm under contract! Normally, I
wouldn't consider breaking the contract, I don’t need the judgment
against me. Under these circumstances, though, (plumbing issues, long
weekends, and no response) …. I'm seriously considering breaking
the contract. I need to live in a place that functions properly all
the time, has maintenance people on call 24/7 (if needed)... I need
to live in a place that doesn't cost me 'out of pocket'
and/or have leaks which could ultimately lead to mold issues. I'm
highly allergic to mold. Mold was the culprit that made me sick in
2009.

It's still too early to be knocking on
doors to get assistance and results... I have to wait until normal
business hours. I wasn't scheduled for work today ... could have gone
in and hung out in the yard, but this needs dealing with, so I'll
have to loose the day's pay to take care of it. This does not make me
happy especially since it's a shortened pay week to begin with (we
didn’t get paid for the holiday yesterday) and I'm still struggling
to keep my head above water.

12 May 2012

I'm not too old to be awed by things I've seen before. I'm not too old to learn new things. But I'm certainly having a problem (this morning) figuring out how to scan 'old' photos into my computer so I can post them here...

About Me

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